I need advice about a possible adoption of a six-year old rabbit.
I have two rabbits, a bonded pair: an almost 8 year-old female (I adopted her when she was 2) and an almost 3 year-old male (adopted 1 1/2 years ago).
Both are neutered/spayed and are kept as house rabbits, are healthy, happy, and very social (with humans and with each other).
I just learned about a 6 year old male rabbit, not neutered, who has been kept by himself out on a porch all his life. The current owner told me the rabbit "lacked personality" and didn't "do much of anything but sit in a corner". They are basically just feeding him and waiting for him to live out his life.
It breaks my heart and I am thinking about adopting him and bonding him with my pair. I do understand that it would time and patiences, both of which I am happy to invest.
The questions I have, and that I am hoping somebody could answer, are the following:
-what are the risks of neutering a 6-year-old rabbit?
-is it possible to socialize a rabbit (with people and other rabbits) who has been neglected for so long?
-could this negatively affect my rabbits, especially my older female?
I much appreciate any information you could give me to help me make a decision. I really would like to get this rabbit out of the porch and into a loving home.
I have two rabbits, a bonded pair: an almost 8 year-old female (I adopted her when she was 2) and an almost 3 year-old male (adopted 1 1/2 years ago).
Both are neutered/spayed and are kept as house rabbits, are healthy, happy, and very social (with humans and with each other).
I just learned about a 6 year old male rabbit, not neutered, who has been kept by himself out on a porch all his life. The current owner told me the rabbit "lacked personality" and didn't "do much of anything but sit in a corner". They are basically just feeding him and waiting for him to live out his life.
It breaks my heart and I am thinking about adopting him and bonding him with my pair. I do understand that it would time and patiences, both of which I am happy to invest.
The questions I have, and that I am hoping somebody could answer, are the following:
-what are the risks of neutering a 6-year-old rabbit?
-is it possible to socialize a rabbit (with people and other rabbits) who has been neglected for so long?
-could this negatively affect my rabbits, especially my older female?
I much appreciate any information you could give me to help me make a decision. I really would like to get this rabbit out of the porch and into a loving home.